Cab \Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually
a public vehicle. ``A cab came clattering up.''
--Thackeray.
Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the
driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel
to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or
front.
Hansom cab. See Hansom.
2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer
has his station. --Knight.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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